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ONE WAY SHIP TO IRAQ

I would like to post a poem that my husband wrotewhile on a ship going to Iraq.

ONE WAY SHIP TO IRAQ

So there I was 28 years old on a ship heading towards destinyOnly God knows what lies aheadCaught somewhere in between purgatory and hell Alive but far from livingInside my protector My prisonOnly the occassional glimpse of ocean to feed mysanityDaily updates to let me know there is lifebeyond my metal companion Night becomes day but I wouldnt know thedifference without time Living to be releasedAwake awaiting sleep Biding time until I return to my coffin.

This poem was written in September. On October 30,2004, my husband was one of eight killed in Iraq by asuicide bomber. He left behind me (his childhoodsweetheart/wife) and two small children. 4 year olddaughter and 1 year old son. Through my children myhusband will live on forever.

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